“The unread story is not a story; it is little black marks on wood pulp. The reader, reading it, makes it live: a live thing, a story.”
Everyone knows that Ursula K Le Guin created the world of Earthsea (and Harry Potter when his name was Ged), but few know that she does not cast a shadow (she defeated hers in combat).
I lost my shadow… can’t for the life of me find it.
There it is behind you!